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TextCommission Chairman Peter F. Murphy, Jr.- Planning Commission
Commissioner Peter F. Murphy, Jr. - Springfield District
Serving his 7th term on the Planning Commission, Peter F. Murphy was first appointed by the Board of Supervisors to represent the Springfield District in December 1982 upon a motion by then Supervisor Marie Travesky.
He has subsequently been reappointed by the Board for additional four-year terms in 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006, on motions introduced by former Supervisor Elaine McConnell. Commissioner Murphy's current term expires in December 2010.
First elected as Chairman in 1989, he previously served two terms as Vice Chairman and three years as Commission Secretary.
Commissioner Murphy currently serves as Chairman of the Fort Belvoir/BRAC Area Plan Review Committee, and is a member of the Planning Commission's Personnel and Budget Committee, Capital Improvement Program Committee, and Seminar Committee. During his tenure on the Commission, he has also been an active member of several other committees and task forces, some of which include: Policy and Procedures, Lot Reduction Ordinance Amendment, 50th Anniversary, Redevelopment and Housing, Transportation, Fort Belvoir Engineer Proving Ground Task Force, Route 28 Corridor Task Force, C&I Advisory, Parks, and Infill and Residential Development. He now chairs the County's Telecommunications Task Force.
Murphy was appointed in June 2006 as an At-Large member of the Celebrate Fairfax, Inc., Board of Directors after previously serving as Vice President for Planning and Administration and Vice President for Programs.
Mr. Murphy is the recipient of the following awards and honors: the Department of the Army Commander's Award (Medal) for Public Service in 2009, the 2007 Lawrence V. Fowler Award, established to recognize the service of a member of a county government board, authority, commission or committee; the 2006 Katherine K. Hanley Public Service Award from Leadership Fairfax, Inc.; the Times Courier Citizen of the Year Award; the Distinguished Public Service Leadership Award presented by the Springfield District Council; the Fairfax County Volunteer of the Year Award in the Community Leader Category; an Honors Award from the County's Department of Planning and Zoning; Honorary Alumnus, Norwich University; Honorary Chief, Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department; and the 2003 James Scott Public Community Spirit Award from Celebrate Fairfax, Inc. He was also selected as a "Center of Influence" by the U.S. Army Cadet Command in 2010. In 1999, Mr. Murphy was named Lord Fairfax for the Springfield District.
Commissioner Murphy is in the public relations and communications field in the private sector. He resides with his wife, Charlene, and daughter, Cherilyn, in Burke.
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